This, I am happy to admit, probably seems like a strange diversion from the main thrust of my website. But it just felt unnecessary to build a whole other website just as a place to vent my bookish frustrations. So for now, I will plant my creative flag here, until there is sufficient call for this branch of my life to move out and get its own place.
Please find below a blog recording my progress (of lack thereof) as a aspiring author including, but not limited to: Rants about books, thoughts on the writing process and occasional writing samples. The latter may only exist to prove to myself I am improving.
Enjoy…
THERE WILL BE SPOILERS
Internal Monologues Suck
Review of the Spells we Cast by Jason June in which I discuss the use of the internal monologue (or character interiority) and the ways its misused.
Read More
A Basha in Any Storm
A vignette with this weeks words of the week. Is that basha ready yet? The colonel shouted from across the fire with even more asperity than he generally displayed.
Read More
Demigod or Man?
Sir Terry Pratchett was a larger-than-life character. This review explores asks whether the man was a demigod or a man with faults, just like the rest of us.
Read More
A Gentlemen’s Coloquy
A vignette: But for tonight, he could enjoy a long coloquy with his brother-in-law over his peripatetic tour of the continent.
Read More
Words of the Week 37
A vignette: The mayor coughed. “It hardly matters, the skill level of the torture!” “No, sir, of course not.” The mayor stared gimlet-eyed at John for a long time. “Very good John. I don’t think it necessary to mention these details to the council, w…
Read MoreArchive
- November 2024 (6)
- October 2024 (2)
- September 2024 (9)
- August 2024 (5)
- July 2024 (4)
- June 2024 (4)